Overview

Code created in: 2002-10-30

Basic information

• EPPO Code: BURSXY
• Preferred name: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
• Authority: (Steiner & Bührer) Nickle

Other scientific names

Name	Authority
Aphelenchoides xylophilus	Steiner & Bührer
Bursaphelenchus lignicolus	Mamiya & Kiyohara

Common names

Name	Language
pine wilt disease	English
pine wood nematode	English
pinewood nematode	English
Kiefernholznematode	German
dépérissement des pins	French
nématode du bois de pin	French
nématode du pin	French
nematodo de la madera del pino	Spanish
nematode del pino	Italian
dennenhoutnematode	Dutch
nemátode da madeira do pinheiro	Portuguese (PT)
tallvedsnematod	Swedish
tallvedsnematod	Swedish
сосновая древесная нематода	Russian
сосновая стволовая нематода	Russian
Сосновая стволовая нематода	Russian
węgorek sosnowiec	Polish

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Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia ( 1ANIMK )

Phylum Nematoda ( 1NEMAP )

Class Chromadorea ( 1CHROC )

Order Rhabditida ( 1RHABO )

Family Aphelenchoididae ( 1APLOF )

Genus Bursaphelenchus ( 1BURSG )

Species Bursaphelenchus xylophilus ( BURSXY )